Fort Payne News

Fort Payne firefighters battled the first home fire of the cold weather season on Monday.

As in year's past, the Fort Payne City Council is expected to give back to city employees for the holidays.

A Fort Payne officer apparently made an unexpected DUI arrest Friday night after a fender bender with the alleged suspect.

Former DeKalb County District Judge Clyde Traylor died Sunday morning at his home after a battle with illness.

Certainly, there seems to have been a strain between the Fort Payne City Council and the Fort Payne Police Department.

The Fort Payne city school board will get the chance on Monday to sit back, relax and enjoy the musical styling as Fort Payne Middle School students perform what they have learned in contemporary music class.

Sometimes we see a car. Or, it can be gun, blue lights or a badge. Most of the time, that's all we see.

An early morning drug bust has landed five people from Ft. Payne in jail. Investigators raided the home of Cody Henagar in the Fischer neighborhood of Ft.

DeKalb County investigators closed a month-long investigation Wednesday in the theft of more than $1,600 in quarters and gold dollar coins reported stolen from a home.

Few times of the year mean as much as the season we enter now. Our thoughts turn even more toward family and our fellow man.

Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will give sewer services to Rainsville residents and allow Fort Payne officials to replace 70-year-old water lines.

With just a little more than two weeks before the official start of the holiday shopping season, local stores are wasting no time getting ready.

Fort Payne residents will see a spike in their water bills beginning this month.

A Fort Payne police officer resigned Monday after being charged with driving under the influence following a four-wheeler wreck Saturday night that happened while he was off duty.

Veteran across DeKalb County will be honored in the coming days through programs and special events.

DeKalb-Cherokee Gas General Manager Keith Davis said Friday Fort Payne customers would see an average 14 percent reduction in natural gas rates.

The spotlight Monday will be on Fort Payne City schools. Fort Payne city and education leaders will welcome some of the nation's top minds on science, technology and education as they visit Wills Valley ...

Students at Fort Payne Middle School are getting a taste of something new as the school has added elective classes to the schedules.

Fort Payne's new city council's plate is full only a few days on the job. At its first regular meeting earlier this week, the council outlined possible highlights of an agenda for at least the first few months ...

At least temporarily, Fort Payne Assistant Police Chief Mike Grant will serve as interim chief until a replacement for David Walker can be appointed.